The capital of bluff moved it quarters to Enghien-les-Bains. “The first poker tournament in Enghien, the first in Ille-de-France outside Paris, opened its gates this year in pergola baths. But before the main tournament with a minimum jackpot of 100.000 Euro, three satellites tournaments for qualification took place, attended by over four hundred players.
The departure was set from 100 to 150 Euro minimum in order to participate in these tournaments,” said Gregory Chochon, the poker marketing manager of Barriere group. This allows people who have a little less financial means, to participate and have a chance to enter he big tournament, where the “cellar” is of 1100 Euro.” Not to mention that the minimum jackpot is of 100.000 Euro.
The most chosen option was Texas Hold’em, currently the most played and most known, popularized by many television and Internet means. And the number 1 casino in France has made rather good things in the vast reception room of the spa, overlooking the lake by a large bay window. “It’s class, elegance!”, exclaims Franck Paris, the manager of a small transport company in the capital and still in contention after having had a nice “American airlines”, ie the strongest hand with two Ace. “This is not the same attendance as in Parisian circle games. There is really a mixture. There are all the social classes and all ages.”. just as the tournament started, the success was immediately there. The casino has proven to be full even from the first sessions. “The main tournament hosts 150 people in only one afternoon, including a fifty qualified through satellites,” said Mr Poker of Barierre Group. The hundred other players are the ones who can afford to invest directly 1100 Euro.
“After this unprecedented operation, the casino plans to organize three or four tournaments a year, not counting the six tables opened every day since last May.